CALIPSO CALIOP L2

Mon, 07/13/2015 - 08:32 -- admin
Aerosol backscatter and extinction profiles from satellite
Plugin type: 
Data source
Data type: 
Satellite
Data family: 
CALIOP L2 aerosol
Official product name: 
L2_05kmAPro-Prov-V3-01
Data format: 
HDF
Description: 

CALIOP is a two-wavelength polarization-sensitive lidar that provides high-resolution vertical profiles of aerosols and clouds CALIOP utilizes three receiver channels: one measuring the 1064 nm backscatter intensity and two channels measuring orthogonally polarized components of the 532 nm backscattered signal. The main content of this product are 5 km aggregated aerosol backscatter and extinction profiles (https://eosweb.larc.nasa.gov/project/calipso/aerosol_profile_table).

Example filename: 
CAL_LID_L2_05kmAPro-Prov-V3-01.2010-01-01T23-26-51ZD.hdf
Is built-in?: 
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